Don A. VandenBerg

7.3k citations

108 papers · 4.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 37

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
Instrumentation top 0.2%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 5%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Computational Mechanics top 10%

Co-authors: L. Casagrande Peter A. Bergbusch P. B. Stetson Ryan Leaman K. Brogaard Michael Bolte Patrick Dowler James L. Clem
Topics: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (92 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers)Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers)
Cited by: Instrumentation Astronomy and Astrophysics Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Partner nations: Canada United States Australia

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Don A. VandenBerg

100 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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THE AGES OF 55 GLOBULAR CLUSTERS AS DETERMINED USING AN IMPROVED $\Delta V^{\rm HB}_{\rm TO}$ METHOD ALONG WITH COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM CONSTRAINTS, AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR BROADER ISSUES

2013 321 citations Don A. VandenBerg, K. Brogaard et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	High-resolution infrared spectroscopy of the dust-obscured metal-poor open cluster Trumpler 5 2025 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown),Melike Afşar,C. Sneden,Don A. VandenBerg,Pavel A. Denissenkov,A. P. Milone,(unknown),(unknown),Kimberly R. Sokal,Gregory N. Mace,D. T. Jaffe	0
2	Zero-age horizontal branch models for −2.5 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤−0.5 and their implications for the apparent distance moduli of globular clusters 2023 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Don A. VandenBerg	1
3	Models for metal-poor stars with different initial abundances of C, N, O, Mg, and Si − III. Grids of isochrones for −2.5 ≤ [Fe/H] ≤ −0.5 and helium abundances Y = 0.25 and 0.29 at each metallicity 2022 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Don A. VandenBerg	7
4	BCcodes: Bolometric Corrections and Synthetic Stellar Photometry 2018 ·Astrophysics Source Code Library ·L. Casagrande,Don A. VandenBerg	0
5	Constraints on the Distance Moduli, Helium and Metal Abundances, and Ages of Globular Clusters from their RR Lyrae and Non-variable Horizontal-branch Stars. III. M55 and NGC 6362 2018 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Don A. VandenBerg,Pavel A. Denissenkov	16
6	M67-1194, an unusually Sun-like solar twin in M67 2011 ·Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) ·(unknown),A. J. Korn,B. Gustafsson,Eric Stempels,Don A. VandenBerg	71
7	Age and helium content of the open cluster NGC 6791 from multiple eclipsing binary members 2010 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·K. Brogaard,H. Bruntt,F. Grundahl,J. V. Clausen,S. Frandsen,Don A. VandenBerg,L. R. Bedin	47
8	Fundamental stellar properties from eclipsing binary analyses 2009 ·Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ·E. F. Milone,(unknown),Puragra Guhathakurta,Don A. VandenBerg,Josef Kallrath	0
9	Age Constraints for an M31 Globular Cluster from Main-Sequence Photometry 2004 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·T. M. Brown,Henry C. Ferguson,E. Smith,Randy A. Kimble,A. V. Sweigart,A. Renzini,R. Michael Rich,Don A. VandenBerg	36
10	On the Old Open Clusters M67 and NGC 188: Convective Core Overshooting, Color‐Temperature Relations, Distances, and Ages 2004 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Don A. VandenBerg,P. B. Stetson	62
11	The Age Structure of the Halo 1999 ·ASPC ·Don A. VandenBerg	1
12	HIPPARCOS Subdwarfs and Globular Clusters: Towards Reliable Absolute Ages 1997 ·ESASP ·F. Pont,C. Charbonnel,Y. Lebreton,M. Mayor,C. Turon,Don A. VandenBerg	0
13	BETA HYDRI (G2 IV) : A REVISED AGE FOR THE CLOSEST SUBGIANT 1997 ·ESASP ·Dainis Dravins,L. Lindegren,Don A. VandenBerg	1
14	Pal 3 and Eridanus: HST CMDs of second-parameter globular clusters in the outer halo. 1996 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·P. B. Stetson,J. E. Hesser,R. D. McClure,S. van den Bergh,M. Bolte,William E. Harris,Don A. VandenBerg,Howard E. Bond,G. G. Fahlman,Harvey B. Richer,R. A. Bell	3
15	Oxygen-enhanced models for globular cluster stars. I - Evolutionary tracks 1992 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·Don A. VandenBerg	55
16	Implications of helium diffusion for globular cluster isochrones and luminosity functions 1991 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·Charles Proffitt,Don A. VandenBerg	36
17	Absolute dimensions of eclipsing binaries. XIII. AI Phoenicis : a casestudy in stellar evolution. 1988 ·J. Andersen,J. V. Clausen,B. Nordström,B. Gustafsson,Don A. VandenBerg	5
18	Constraints from stellar models on mixing as a viable explanation of abundance anomalies in globular clusters 1988 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·Don A. VandenBerg,Graeme H. Smith	20
19	Inferences from a color-magnitude diagram for 47 Tucanae. 1987 ·Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific ·J. E. Hesser,William E. Harris,Don A. VandenBerg	2
20	The Age-Velocity Dispersion Relation in the Solar Neighbourhood 1984 ·Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ·Peter Dawson,R. G. Carlberg,T. Hsu,Don A. VandenBerg	1

About Don A. VandenBerg

Don A. VandenBerg is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Chemical Health and Safety, having authored 108 papers that have together received 4.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (92 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (32 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (2.1k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.2k citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (301 citations). Don A. VandenBerg has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include L. Casagrande, Peter A. Bergbusch, P. B. Stetson, Ryan Leaman, K. Brogaard, Michael Bolte, Patrick Dowler, James L. Clem, Pavel A. Denissenkov and R. A. Bell. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

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